Terry Milewski, one of Canada’s most knowledgeable journalists on the 1985 Air India Flight 182 bombing, Canada's worst case of domestic terrorism, asked NDP leader Jagmeet Singh whether it was appropriate for some Canadian Sikhs to put up posters honouring Talwinder Singh Parmar who was identified by the Air India Inquiry as the leader of the terrorist atrocity.**********
Two weeks later, after some pundits accused Milewski of racism for asking the question, Singh himself criticized Milewski, saying the “premise” surrounding it was racist.
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The $51,050 spent by the board since September 2016 was for “legal interpretation and facilitation” in connection with code of conduct complaints, according to a memo from staff. Blackburn maintains the code of conduct was adopted to shut her up.
“I predicted the code of conduct would be used for political purposes, and that is what has happened,” Blackburn said Tuesday. The $51,050 could have been used to hire an educational assistant to help in a classroom instead, she said in an interview.